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Alice Havel Student AccessAbility Centre Dawson College

CRISPESH Accessibility Testing and Training Laboratory Adaptech Research Network. Alice Havel Student AccessAbility Centre Dawson College. Presentation for: 2 nd Brazil-Canada Forum of Technical and Professional Education November 18, 2011. Dawson College. Dawson College

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Alice Havel Student AccessAbility Centre Dawson College

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  1. CRISPESH Accessibility Testing and Training Laboratory Adaptech Research Network Alice Havel Student AccessAbility Centre Dawson College Presentation for: 2nd Brazil-Canada Forum of Technical and Professional Education November 18, 2011

  2. Dawson College • Dawson College • opened doors in 1969 • over 11,000 day and evening students • more than 50 fields of study

  3. Student AccessAbility Centre Student AccessAbility Centre • established in 1987 • serves over 450 students – all types of disabilities • 5 full-time staff

  4. Adaptech Research Network Student AccessAbility Centre Adaptech • in existence since 1996 • based at Dawson College • works in English and French • team of academics, students and consumers • www.adaptech.org

  5. Adaptech Research Network Cont’d • research involving postsecondary students withdisabilities • funded by federal and provincial grants • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) • Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) • Programme d’aide à la recherche sur l’enseignment et l’apprentissage (PAREA) • areas of focus • free or inexpensive software (including Apple apps) • use and accessibility of information and communication technologies • facilitators and barriers to academic success

  6. CRISPESH CRISPESH CCTT - PSN SAIDE Student AccessAbility Centre

  7. CRISPESH Cont’d • Centre For Research on Educational and Professional gInclusion For Students with Disabilities (October 2010) • CCTT-PSN- College Centre for Technology Transfer in lllInnovative Social Practices • 46 centres in total • 6 related to innovative social practice • Accredited by the Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sports ll(MELS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic llDevelopment, Innovation and Exportation (MDEIE)

  8. CRISPESH Cont’d • Partnership between Cégep du Vieux Montréal and Dawson ll eCollege • To contribute to the development and adoption of practices iithat foster optimal inclusion of individuals with a variety of iidisabilitiesinto postsecondary education and the workplace • To date: • organizational structure • work plan • network of researchers • recruiting a Director

  9. Accessibility Testing and Training Laboratory Student AccessAbility Centre AccessibilityTesting and Training Laboratory

  10. Accessibility Testing and Training Laboratory - Cont’d • Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research • Council of Canada (SSHRC) • Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grant • To set up a lab to test the accessibility, usability and lldeliverability of software and hardware used by students with lldisabilities • To demonstrate products and provide training on assistive iiitechnology

  11. Accessibility Testing and Training Laboratory Cont’d • Located at Dawson College, includes mobile lab component • Equipment • computers • commonly used software (Kurzweil, Dragon Naturally Speaking, lllAntidote, Inspiration) • Free and inexpensive software (www.adaptech.org) • iPads and Apps • Scanners • Pens (scanning, recording, notetaking) • College’s in-kind contribution: technician  26 hrs / wk.

  12. How do the Pieces Fit Together? MELS MELS CRISPESH CCTT - PSN Student AccessAbility Centre SAIDE AccessibilityTesting and Training Laboratory

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